The playing field......................

       So what if you focused on what you can change?  That's where you can make a difference.
      Behind the Serenity Prayer is a two-thousand-year-old Stoic phrase "ta eph'hemin, ta ouk eph'hemin."  What is up to us, what is not up to us.
      And what is up to us?

       Our emotions.
       Our judgments
       Our creativity
       Our attitude
       Our perspective
       Our desires
       Our decisions
       Our determination.

      This is our playing field, so to speak.

-Ryan Holiday,  The Obstacle Is The Way:  The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph